If you look at the original artwork, I drew these in a vertical format on a letter size sheet of paper (in pencil; I didn't even ink these). When I decided to post these, I didn't like the layout. Just to experiment, I tried to lay out the strip in a horizontal, Sunday comics format. I think it looks and reads MUCH better. I think this demonstrates how crucial layout is a part of the art of comic strips and cartooning.
I love that, not only do his inventions have nothing to do with eating ants, but they are actually counter intuitive to anything involving the catching or eating of ants
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know. It's weird. Even when Ernie and Arnie (the ants) are around him, he's not even trying to eat them. They're more like his test subjects.
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